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Posted by g_g_g_unit on May 14, 2013, at 0:32:14
Does anyone think an antibiotic might be able to assist in OCD? I know there's the whole PANDAS link, but I was speaking to a woman whose son was asymptomatic for strep and experienced a dramatic remission on Augmentin XR. There's a pilot trial being conducted on monocycline and OCD -- since one of its MOA's seems to be glutamate modulation, that's bound to be a good thing, right (c.f. Memantine et. al.)?
Unfortunately, I can't get any GPs I've seen on board with the idea.
Posted by jono_in_adelaide on May 14, 2013, at 0:41:37
In reply to antibiotic for OCD?, posted by g_g_g_unit on May 14, 2013, at 0:32:14
Ask your psychiatrist for a script?
Augmentin is safe and cheap, and given the situation you're in, it would be worth a try.
Strep is almost invariabley resistant to minocycline, Penicillin VK would be a better bet
Posted by Phillipa on May 14, 2013, at 9:39:18
In reply to Re: antibiotic for OCD?, posted by jono_in_adelaide on May 14, 2013, at 0:41:37
Here antibiotics are very hard to get prescribed due to the resistance of bacteria and dramatic rise of MRSA and the flesh eating bacteria. They are even now not prescribing antibiotics for ear aches and things. It's a wait and see attitude. I've not heard of ocd and antibiotics? Do you have a link? Phillipa
Posted by g_g_g_unit on May 17, 2013, at 3:43:07
In reply to Re: antibiotic for OCD?, posted by jono_in_adelaide on May 14, 2013, at 0:41:37
> Ask your psychiatrist for a script?
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> Augmentin is safe and cheap, and given the situation you're in, it would be worth a try.
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> Strep is almost invariabley resistant to minocycline, Penicillin VK would be a better betIt's a new psychiatrist, so I don't wanna start bringing anything too weird to the table. I cold-called various GPs and all said no, but I found out my childhood doctor is now living here; he said to e-mail him the papers and he'd consider it if there's enough evidence.
Is Augmentin a variation of Pencillin? I'm allergic to Penicillin unfortunately.
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